Comparison

Wordzy vs Penanagrams

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Wordzy

A word puzzle game where players guess a 5-letter word using letter clues and color-coded feedback. Solve puzzles quickly to earn higher scores and expand vocabulary and spelling skills.

Highlights
  • 5-letter word guessing
  • Color-coded letter clues
  • Multiple game modes (Quick-Solve, Marathon, Endurance, Free)
  • Over 6,600 words in dictionary
  • 16 achievements to unlock
  • Game Center leaderboards
Features
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All the way from 2010, WORDZY is back by popular demand! Free for a limited time! Think guessing 5 letter words is easy? Guess again! WORDZY is a puzzle game in which the player solves a 5-letter word with letter clues. The first letter of a mystery word is provided, and then word guesses are color coded to help the player solve the puzzle. Guess as many times as needed, the faster the word is solved, the higher the point values. Bonus letters give a little help or can boost total scores. Great fun for the whole family to expand vocabulary and spelling skills! Features: - The WORDZY dictionary includes over 6,600 words - 16 achievements to unlock - Game Center leaderboards - Puzzling fun for everyone - Four game modes QUICK-Solve as many puzzles as you can in 3 minutes. MARATHON - Solve as many puzzles as you can in 10 minutes. ENDURANCE - Solve as many puzzles as you can with a 1 minute per word time clock. Once the clock gets to 0 the game is over. FREE - No time limit. Just have fun. For more information on this app and other products, please visit www.suppsoft.com. Your comments and suggestions are always welcome.

About

Penanagrams

A daily word puzzle game where you find near-anagrams of a five-letter starting word. Each day presents a new challenge to discover words by changing one letter and rearranging the remaining ones. Aim for three stars by finding a specific number of valid penanagrams.

Highlights
  • Daily five-letter starting word
  • Find near-anagrams (penanagrams)
  • Change exactly one letter
  • Rearrange remaining letters
  • Star system for progress
  • Three-star daily goal
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Penanagrams is a free daily anagram-style word puzzle. Each day there is a new five-letter starting word. Find as many penanagrams (near-anagrams) as you can: (a) change exactly one letter in the starting word, then (b) use this new letter and the remaining four letters of the starting word in any order to form a new word. For example START -> RANTS or START -> RATES. For RANTS, a T is changed to an N. Changing a T to any other letter and rearranging in the same way, e.g. T -> F to produce RAFTS, does not count as a new penanagram. To show this, the changed letter shows up as a blank green square in your list of penanagrams. You get a star when you have found 1/4, 2/4, and 3/4 of the possible penangrams. Try for three stars every day!

Screenshots

Wordzy4 screens
Penanagrams4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Penanagrams at every 4 days against Wordzy's every 69 months. Wordzy's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Wordzy against 4.9 for Penanagrams. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 9 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wordzy ships an update every 69 months, Penanagrams every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Wordzy versus Penanagrams: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWordzyPenanagrams
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.9 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings59 — better
Update frequencyEvery 69 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn SepulveresNoah Daniel Stein

Customer experience

Wordzy

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Penanagrams

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Wordzy

No in-app purchases

None

Penanagrams

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wordzy free?
Wordzy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Penanagrams free?
Penanagrams is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Wordzy or Penanagrams?
Wordzy is rated higher. Wordzy averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Penanagrams averages 4.9 from 9 ratings.
Do Wordzy or Penanagrams have ads?
Neither Wordzy nor Penanagrams shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wordzy or Penanagrams?
Wordzy ships an update every 69 months, and Penanagrams every 4 days. Most recently, Wordzy was updated on October 29, 2026 and Penanagrams on October 24, 2026.

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